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SHEFFIELD RAILWAYANA AUCTIONS present a POSTAL AUCTION Sale No. 152 of Railway Books, Postcards, Posters, Photographs, Timetables, Maps, Handbills, Luggage Labels, Small Items of Railwayana, Bus & Tram Items and Other Transport Ephemera On view at The Gateway Centre, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Nottingham Road, Derby DE21 6AF, on Saturday 15th December 2012 from 08:00 to 13:00. The Closing Date for bidding in this Auction is 5pm, Friday 22nd March 2013 Great Central Railwayana Auctions Ltd 14 School Street, Woodford Halse, Daventry, Northants. NN11 3RL Contact Details For information concerning Condition or Description of Lots during the auction and dispatch, please contact Brian Moakes by e-mail to [email protected] or by ’phone on 01234 391459. For queries about Bidding or Payments following the auction, please contact the GCR Office by e-mail to [email protected] or by ’phone on 01327 262193. Office hours: 10am - 5pm, Monday to Friday POSTAL AUCTION Closing Friday, 22nd March 2013 at 5.00pm Terms and Conditions of Sale 1. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the description of lots but we hereby give notice that all statements, whether spoken or written, are those of opinion only and we do not hold ourselves liable for any errors or omissions. Obvious defects will be noted and unless stated otherwise, all items are considered by us to be in at least good to very good condition. Customers are reminded that certain lots may be fragile due to their age, wear, etc. When handling such material on viewing day at Derby, you are asked to treat it with the utmost care and attention. 2. Carriage and packing will be charged extra at cost (subject to a minimum charge of £3). Items will be sent by Royal Mail. If requested on the bidding form, we will dispatch items by Special Delivery (with insurance up to £2,500) or Recorded Delivery (without compensation). It is also possible to insure items dispatched by Royal Mail Standard Parcels. All additional costs for these services will be passed on to the purchaser via the invoice. We always obtain a Certificate of Posting, but do not hold ourselves liable for loss or damage in transit once items have been handed over to Royal Mail. 3. Bids should be made on the Bidding Form (yellow) provided with the catalogue. The Bidding Form may also be downloaded from the website. 4. All lots in this section carry a reserve which is published and in all cases will be no less than a minimum of £5. Bids may be for any amount in whole pounds (pence will be ignored) and the highest bidder on any lot will be successful. The amount of the bid paid by the successful bidder, which will be at one bidding step above the previous highest bidder, will be determined by bid increments as defined in the following scale: Value of Bid Increment Value of Bid Increment Up to £10 £1 Between £100 and £500 £10 Between £10 and £30 £2 Between £500 and £1000 £20 Between £30 and £100 £5 Over £1000 £50 Please note that any bids received that do not conform to the increments shown in this table will be rounded up to the next legal bid above. When there is only one bid at or above the reserve, the bidder will pay the reserve price. In the case of equal highest bids, the lot will go to the first bid received. Any unsold lots will be available to buyers for a period of 10 days after the auction at the reserve price on a “first come, first served” basis. Please contact Brian Moakes if you wish to make such an offer ([email protected] or 01234 391459). 5. Bidders may indicate on the Bidding Form if they want to limit their overall spend. In this event, and unless we are instructed to the contrary, the order in which the bids are entered on the Bidding Form will be assumed to be the order of priority for the purpose of applying the overall limit. 6. If bidders wish to make conditional bids (e.g. if unsuccessful with Lot XX then please bid on Lot YY etc.), please append your instructions clearly on a separate sheet attached to the Bidding Form. Please note we cannot accept “accumulator” bids whereby the unspent portion of one bid is transferred to another to bolster that bid. 7. A Buyer’s Premium of 12% (including VAT) will be raised on all items at the time of settlement. 1 8. There are two methods of payment: (i) You may enclose with the Bidding Form a signed cheque made payable to “Great Central Railwayana Auctions” (please do not abbreviate) with the amount left blank, and endorsed “Not To Exceed £XXX” where XXX is the total of all your bids (or your spending limit) plus 12% Buyer’s Premium (including VAT) and an allowance for packing and carriage. Please do not forget to sign your cheque! Your cheque will be returned if you are completely unsuccessful, otherwise we will enter on the cheque the amount due and an invoice will be enclosed with the lots you have successfully purchased. (ii) We also accept valid credit and debit cards in payment for items bought, but we will levy a transaction charge of 2% (in addition to all other charges) for credit card purchases. No charge is made for debit card purchases. You must indicate on the Bidding Form if you wish to pay by this method. Your card details should be entered on the Bidding Form. 9. Special Note to Vendors: The commission rates for Postal Auction sales are as shown on the Auction Entry Form which must be completed when entering items for auction. Payment will be made to vendors within 10 days of the sale. It is the vendor’s responsibility to clear any unsold lots after the auction at their own expense by arrangement with us. Any lots not so cleared within 9 months of the auction date, may be disposed of and the proceeds donated to charity. Purchasing an Unsold Lot after an Auction If a sale lot fails to attract a valid bid by the closing date of a Postal Auction, it will be shown as unsold in the Auction Results (available via the sheffieldrailwayana.co.uk and gcrauctions.com websites). Any such unsold lots will be available to buyers for a period of 10 days after the auction at the reserve price on a “first come, first served” basis. Please contact Brian Moakes to check if the lot is still available and to state your interest in aquiring it. Email: [email protected], or telephone 01234 391459 Great Central Railwayana Auctions Ltd 14 School Street, Woodford Halse, Daventry, Northants. NN11 3RL Company Reg. No. 5405235 VAT Reg. No. 864 7353 93 2 Viewing All the lots in the Postal Auction section will be on view at The Gateway Centre, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Nottingham Road, Derby DE21 6AF, on Saturday 16th March from 8:00am to 1:00pm. Directions are shown at the back of the catalogue. Completed (yellow) bidding forms may be sent to the address shown on the form at any time before the closing date/times. They may also be handed over to the stewards on duty in the viewing room at Derby if desired (together with a “Not To Exceed” cheque or debit/ credit card details in accordance with Condition 8 on the previous page). The Postal Auction section will close promptly at 5:00pm on Friday 22nd March. Please note: The price shown in italics against each lot is the reserve or starting price. Please note also: Bids received that do not conform to the increments shown in our Terms & Conditions (Section 4) will be rounded up to the next legal bid above. Lots 1 - 104: Books, General 1 TWO VOLUME work "The Railways of Great Britain - A Historical Atlas" by Colonel Michael H.Cobb. Green hardback covers in green slipcase, 600+pp, second edition published by Ian Allan in 2006. VGC. £30 2 POTTER GWJ: "A History of the Whitby & Pickering Railway". 81pp plus plates, published by LPC in 1906. Rebound into later hardback covers. £10 3 DODSON & BELCHER: "Scenery of The Whitby & Pickering Railway". Hardback, 115pp published by Longman in 1836. Restoration to covers, some foxing, covers bumped. £10 4 DIONYSIUS LARDNER "The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated". Hardback, 379pp, 5th edition published by John Taylor in 1836. Restoration to covers. £10 5 STEEL W.L "The History of the London & North Western Railway". Hardback, 502pp published by the Railway & Travel Monthly in 1914. Rebound into modern hardback covers maintaining the original front. £10 6 HARDBACK BOOK "The Steam Engine - It's History and Mechanism" by Robert Scott Burn. 142pp published by Ward Lock & Co. 7th edition, undated. Front end pages replaced, covers worn. £10 7 SPOONER C.E. "Narrow Gauge Railways". Hardback, 128pp plus many fold-out diagrams, second edition published by Spon in 1871. A little wear to covers. Pencil annotations. £10 8 HARDBACK BOOK "The Law of Light Railways" by Dodd & Allan. 334pp published by Shaw & Sons in 1896. Foxing to front end pages. £10 9 WIENER L "Passenger Tickets". Hardback, 300+pp published by The Railway Gazette circa 1940s. £10 10 REA S. "Railways Terminating in London". Hardback, 56pp, published by Engineering News Publishing Company in 1888. Ex Franklin Institute library. £10 11 HARDBACK bound volume containing three early booklets, "Railway Passenger Duty" (1875), "How the Railway Companies are Crippling British Industry and Destroying Canals" by Spence (1882), "Railway Accidents" by Stretton (1882).